A webmail service known for its emphasis on users’ privacy, Proton Mail, has serious code flaws that were discovered by a group of researchers. These vulnerabilities might have put the service’s users in danger. These vulnerabilities disclosed a possible weak link in the security chain, despite the fact that Proton Mail uses powerful end-to-end encryption […]
The Russian nation-state actor known as BlueBravo has been observed targeting diplomatic entities throughout Eastern Europe with the goal of delivering a new backdoor called GraphicalProton, exemplifying the continuous evolution of the threat. The phishing campaign is characterized by the use of legitimate internet services (LIS) for command-and-control (C2) obfuscation, Recorded Future said in a […]
ProtonMail is being criticized for sharing French activist’s IP address with Swiss authorities while claiming it does not save logs. End-to-end encrypted email service provider ProtonMail is currently facing criticism after the company shared the IP address of an anti-gentrification activist with law enforcement agencies that led to their arrests in France. Reportedly, the company […]
Following the incident the company has updated its website and privacy policy to clarify its legal obligations to users
ProtOSINT is a Python script that helps you investigate ProtonMail accounts and ProtonVPN IP addresses. Description This tool can help you in your OSINT investigation on Proton service (for educational purposes only). ProtOSINT is separated in 3 sub-modules: [1] Test the validity of one protonmail account [2] Try to find if your target have […]
A Swiss lawyer has accused ProtonMail that the company has initiated offering IP Logging upon request of Swiss authorities. ProtonMail, the famous end-to-end encrypted email service from Switzerland, has denied the claims made by a Swiss lawyer Martin Steiger regarding the company’s involvement in voluntary assistance to Swiss authorities for real-time surveillance. The head of […]
Updated on March 13, 2019: In response to the situation in Russia, ProtonMail told Fossbytes that “the blocks are still in place, but we have implemented some technical measures to largely reduce the impact of the blocks, so services in Russia are operational at this time.” ProtonMail says that the blocking of the email provider […]
Mozilla has announced that it will be launching an experimental feature in the new version of Firefox that will offer ProtonVPN subscriptions. The feature, however, will be accessible by users only after they subscribe for a monthly package. It is basically, a subscription-based VPN (virtual private network) that will cost $10 per month. The new […]
National Crime Agency (NCA) from the UK finally arrested the Teen for a heavy DDoS attack on ProtonMail email service. 19-year-old Teen George Duke-Cohan who was roaming on the internet under the name ‘7R1D3N7′, ‘DoubleParalla’ and ‘optcz1′, was launched a heavy DDoS attack on ProtonMail. In this case, Protonmail faced a DDoS Attack on their network daily basis […]
ProtonMail, a Swiss-based end-to-end email encryption service, has announced the name of one of the attackers involved in the DDoS attack against the company earlier this year. Due to the attack, the email service of ProtonMail stopped responding for a minute several times despite having adequate mitigation measures in place. The identified hacker, a teenager […]
In February this year, HackRead published a detailed report on Proton malware which targets macOS. At that time, the malware was being sold on a Dark Web marketplace for 40 BTC ($41,891 at the time of sale). The same malware then showed up last month infecting Mac users who download Elmedia Player. On November 20th, the IT security […]
The world-renowned encrypted email service provider ProtonMail is back in the news for yet another good reason. The Switzerland based firm has announced the launching of “the world’s first encrypted contacts manager” called ProtonMail Contacts which works with ProtonMail’s email system and aims at protecting user data. The contact manager equipped with two highly sophisticated features including zero-access encryption […]
The general concept regarding Apple devices is that they are secure from growing number of malware and other cyber attacks, but the reality is far from the truth. In the latest campaign, cybercriminals have infected hundreds of Mac users by distributing Proton malware by compromising Elmedia Player software. According to IT security researchers at ESET, this […]
During the last hours, ESET researchers noticed that Eltima, the makers of the Elmedia Player software, have been distributing a version of their application trojanized with the OSX/Proton malware on their official website. ESET contacted Eltima as soon as the situation was confirmed. Eltima was very responsive and maintained an excellent communication with us throughout the incident. Timeline […]
Our researchers noticed that the makers of the Elmedia Player software have been distributing a version of their app trojanized with the OSX/Proton malware.
On the 20th of June 2017, the Swiss-based security company, Proton Technologies AG, released its final version of ProtonVPN, open for public use and free to access. Proton Technologies AG has also been the pioneer in developing an encrypted email service called Proton Mail. The development The development of the VPN service took around one […]
The website of the HandBrake app has been compromised, and one of its download mirrors modified to host a version of the Proton RAT embedded in the app’s Mac client. HandBrake is a multi-platform transcoder, an app that helps users convert multimedia files from one format to another. According to a security alert posted yesterday […]
Hackers are selling the malware all over the dark web. Hackers are now selling malware for Mac devices straight out on the dark web. They claim the malware is undetectable and provides hackers with the ability to take full control over MacOS devices by evading antivirus software. Proton, as it has been named, the malware […]
Hackers are selling a malware for Mac devices on a prominent dark web marketing claiming that it is undetectable and comes with capabilities including taking full control of macOS devices by evading anti-virus detection. Dubbed Proton by its developers, the malware is a RAT (Remote Administration Tool) and is being sold in one of the […]
ProtonMail, launched in 2014 by a group of MIT and CERN experts, is the largest email encryption service provider in the world having more than two million users. It is the preferred emailing platform of activists and journalists who need to keep information confidential. In its latest announcement, ProtonMail’s co-founder Dr. Andy Yen stated that […]
The encrypted dark web site aims to help users circumvent government censorship. ProtonMail now has a home on the dark web.The encrypted email provider announced Thursday it will allow its users to access the site through the Tor anonymity service. The aim is to allow its more than 2 million users access the provider by […]